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| − | From SFSite.com's | + | *From [https://www.sfsite.com/columns/steven120.htm SFSite.com's "In Memoriam: 2001"]: "Alan Dodd was a reclusive British fan who only appeared in public on a couple of times. He died on June 5. Ron Bennett once perpetrated a hoax in which he claimed that Alan Dodd was a hoax fan he had created. Most of Dodd's fanac was in writing for fanzines." |
| + | *From [http://news.ansible.uk/a171.html <cite>Ansible</cite>, #171 "R.I.P"]: "''Alan Dodd'', active in British fandom in the 50s and 60s, died on 5 June from 'natural causes', writes Mike Deckinger: 'He was a prolific fanzine writer, correspondent, and publisher of his own magazine <cite>Camber</cite>. Due to his dislike of large gatherings, he avoided conventions and came to be regarded as a hermit.'" | ||
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- From SFSite.com's "In Memoriam: 2001": "Alan Dodd was a reclusive British fan who only appeared in public on a couple of times. He died on June 5. Ron Bennett once perpetrated a hoax in which he claimed that Alan Dodd was a hoax fan he had created. Most of Dodd's fanac was in writing for fanzines."
- From Ansible, #171 "R.I.P": "Alan Dodd, active in British fandom in the 50s and 60s, died on 5 June from 'natural causes', writes Mike Deckinger: 'He was a prolific fanzine writer, correspondent, and publisher of his own magazine Camber. Due to his dislike of large gatherings, he avoided conventions and came to be regarded as a hermit.'"